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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Ideas for Ada 200X
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 15:39:04 +0000 (UTC)
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James Rogers wrote:
> Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote in 
> news:slrnbelvjk.sl.randhol+abuse@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no:
> 
>> Russ wrote:
>>> += tells me *instantly* what it does. 
>> 
> [snip]
>> Second what does:
>> 
>>    A =~ B
>> 
>> tell you?
>> 
> 
> I guess it depends upon which language you are writing in.
> In C this indicates that A is assigned the compliment of B.

And in Perl it means something else...

Preben
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